Foreign Direct Investment

The Shanghai Municipal Commission for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade issued a detailed set of implementing rules which govern the establishment of regional headquarters by foreign multinationals in various forms.

The Shanghai Communications Administration Bureau's recently released 2002 overview of the city's telecommunications industry makes for interesting reading.…

Driven by strong government support and robust market demand, China's IT industry has reportedly grown by 20% annually over the past decade. Public spending…

Issued: March 28 2003Main contents: The Circular clarifies that foreign-invested projects whose additional investments are approved before April 1 2002…

Issued: April 15 2003Main contents: The Notice lists 21 types of items in respect of which administrative examination and approval requirements are to…

Foreign-invested holding companies in the PRC have had a chequered history. Among MOFTEC's last big pieces of legislation are rules that make some positive changes in this area.

Issued: March 17 2003Effective: May 1 2003 and December 1 2004 for the provisions concerning the establishment of foreign-invested books, newspapers and…

Issued: March 22 2003Effective: April 1 2003Main contents: The Beijing office of a government or an enterprise from outside Beijing shall be called a "Beijing…

The Ministry of Information Industry has issued a new classification of basic and value-added telecommunication services. What does the new classification actually mean for foreign investment in China's telecom sector?